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By Pervaiz Mughal ISLAMABAD: Islamabad hosted a gathering of religious scholars and policymakers on Thursday as Pakistan’s foreign minister used the platform to restate the country’s diplomatic priorities, regional outlook and domestic narrative of resilience. The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, addressed the second session of the Ulema Council Conference, where he welcomed the participation of both national and international scholars. Officials present described the conference as part of an ongoing effort to engage religious leadership in discussions that intersect with diplomacy, identity and regional stability. In his address, Dar stressed what he called Pakistan’s…
By Mujeeb Rahman Qambrani MEHAR: A ceremony was held in Mehar to mark the 503rd martyrdom anniversary of Makhdoom Bilawal (RA), organised by Jeay Sindh Mahaz in what participants described as a respectful and dignified event. The gathering brought together political, social and literary figures, along with local residents. Jeay Sindh Mahaz chairman Abdul Khaliq Junejo attended as chief guest. Addressing the ceremony, Abdul Khaliq Junejo said Makhdoom Bilawal was a symbol of resistance, truth and justice in Sindh. He said that for those who loved Sindh, his struggle remained a guiding light. He added that Sindh continued to face…
The latest reports of Israeli contingency planning for potential strikes against Iran, set against rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, point to a regional security environment that is becoming more brittle by the day, where military signaling, energy geopolitics and domestic political pressures in Washington are increasingly intertwined. According to a CNN report citing Israeli sources, preparations have been discussed that would extend beyond the more familiar pattern of targeted operations associated with Iran’s regional network. The emphasis, the report suggests, has shifted towards the possibility of striking energy infrastructure inside Iran and, in more escalatory language, senior figures…
By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal From the earliest dawn of human society, conflict has been an inescapable feature of collective life. Long before states, borders or written laws, human groups clashed over territory, water, food and survival. Even these primitive confrontations were not entirely spontaneous; they involved anticipation, planning and strategy. Yet planning carried a fatal vulnerability. When intentions were revealed — through betrayal, careless speech or interception — the advantage vanished. To overcome this, secrecy gradually became a cardinal principle of warfare, and plans began to be concealed under symbols, signals and, later, carefully chosen names. Thus emerged the earliest…
By Imtiaz Hussain In the rural districts of Sindh, the persistence of so-called honor killings under the label of ‘Karo Kari’ continues to expose a deep fracture between law and lived reality. Despite legislative reform and public condemnation, human rights groups estimate that hundreds of people are killed each year, with many cases never entering official records. Fear, tribal pressure and the threat of retaliation combine to keep families silent, allowing a parallel system of violence to endure largely unchecked. Data compiled by the Sindh Police and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan suggests that districts such as Kashmore, Jacobabad,…
By Naveed Ali The enduring tension in the South China Sea has become less a distant geopolitical abstraction and more a central fault line in the global order. It is a dispute resists easy resolution not because of a lack of diplomatic frameworks but because of the sheer weight of competing interests layered upon a relatively confined stretch of water. What appears, at first glance, to be a contest over reefs and rocks is, in reality, a struggle over trade, energy, sovereignty and the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. Geographically, the sea sits astride one of the world’s most…
Reports suggesting that Iran has softened parts of its negotiating position in talks with the United States introduce a carefully calibrated note into an otherwise familiar pattern of tension, hesitation and intermittent diplomatic contact. According to claims published in the Wall Street Journal, Tehran has stepped back from earlier demands, including calls for an immediate lifting of certain restrictions, and has shown a degree of openness to continued engagement, possibly even in Pakistan, if Washington agrees. On the surface, this appears to be a modest procedural adjustment. In reality, it touches a much wider and more fragile diplomatic architecture that…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain The intense heat being experienced in cities, streets, and homes today cannot be reduced to a matter of seasonal discomfort. To treat it as such would be a serious misreading of what is unfolding. What is being felt is increasingly understood by climate scientists as part of a broader global disturbance associated with a Super El Niño event, a phenomenon capable of pushing temperatures well beyond historical norms while simultaneously amplifying pressures on human health, economic systems, and ecological stability. El Niño events are not new, but their intensity and frequency are changing in ways that…